Originally Posted by
Dave Gittins
The gulf between my flying as a GA pilot .. wholly manually. And airline flying which seems more and more focussed on "automation must be used at all times" is widening. And it doesn't appear to be helping safety one tiny bit. Would removing the mandate to use auto throttle at all times have avoided this one ?
The thing is, it has helped safety a lot, it is hard to point out the accidents that haven't happened. The push for automation came from pilots hand flying planes into the ground at unacceptable rates. Now we are faced with pilots who can't fly if the automation doesn't help them, but aviation is still a lot safer than it used to be...